Fritz Zdunek ( German: Fritz Sdunek ; April 18, 1947 , Lussov - December 22, 2014 , Hamburg ) is a German coach in professional boxing, a former non-professional boxer. One of the most successful boxing trainers, coached in particular the world champions Klitschko brothers , Dariush Mikhalchevsky , Akhmed Kotiev and others.
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| Full name | Fritz sdunek |
| Citizenship |  Germany |
| Date of Birth | April 18, 1947 |
| Place of Birth | Lussow , Germany |
| Date of death | December 22, 2014 (67 years old) |
| Place of death | Hamburg , Germany |
Biography
He began his sports career in non-professional boxing. He won the middleweight title at the 1968 GDR Student Championship. Having won 99 of 129 fights, he completed his personal unprofessional boxing career and decided to become a coach.
In 1979 he graduated from the Institute of Physical Culture and Sports ( German: Deutsche Hochschule fΓΌr KΓΆrperkultur ) with a diploma in sports.
Since the 1960s, he was a member of the Traktor Schwerin sports club ( German: Traktor Schwerin ), with whom he also subsequently worked as a trainer until 1989. There he coached, among others, Andreas Tsyulov , who won the lightweight title at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul .
Since March 1994, he worked as a trainer with the famous Hamburg boxing promoter organization Universum Box-Promotion .
Personal life
He was married, had two children - a son and a daughter. The daughter was married to Ahmet Γner [1] , a Turkish born and living in Germany, head of the Hamburg boxing promoter organization Arena Box-Promotion and a former professional boxer.
Wards
Fritz Zdunek trained many boxers, both professionals and amateurs.
Some former wards of Zdunek:
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In January 2009, Karol Baljay became the eleventh boxer training with Zdunek, who became the world champion. [2]
Notes
- β Article in the German journal Stern (German)
- β Article about Balzhai's victory over Incin Archival copy of March 25, 2009 on Wayback Machine (German)
Links
- General information about Fritz Zdunek on the Universum Box-Promotion website.
- General information about Fritz Zdunek at boxrec.com.